Description
Harris S. Smith And Homer M. Wilson
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Pyrite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1943
Discovery year1935
Identification
Deposit ID10098450
MRDS IDM054815
Alternate namesContrabando Dome Prospects
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.3194, -103.8186
References
CHESTER, J. W., 1965, MERCURY IN TEXAS: USBM IC 8252EVANS, A.M. AND TRAVER, W.M., JR., 1947, TERLINGUA MERCURY DEPOSIT, BREWSTER AND PRESIDIO COUNTIES, TEXAS: USBM RI 3995YATES, R.G. AND THOMPSON, G.A., 1959, GEOLOGY AND QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS, TERLINGUA DISTRICT, TEXAS: USGS PROF. PAPER 312, 114 P.TX BEG MRC-73, P. 25.1956 DIREXPL DMEAEXAMINED BY CLYDE P. ROSS AND OTHERS, 1934EXAMINED BY ROBERT G. YATES, J.F. MCALLISTER, AND GEORGE A. THOMPSON, 1942-1945.CIMRIUSBM DATA